Hi William Sorry, some crossed wires here: I thought Amy had arranged for you to speak with Nate.
If not, then yes, I’m happy to do a call with you. I’m based in UK (GMT) , so send me some timeslots when you’d like to do a call and I’ll set up a conference bridge Kind Regards Giles D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com<mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> From: William Van Winkle [mailto:willia...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 January 2015 00:03 To: Giles Sirett; marketing@cloudstack.apache.org; David Nalley; sebgoa; Julio Urquidi Subject: Fwd: CloudStack questions... Hi, all. Just circling back on this. Any thoughts? Would it be easier if I could catch one of you on the phone? Many thanks! William ----------------------------------------------------------------------- William Van Winkle | williamvanwinkle.com<http://williamvanwinkle.com> 446 NE 60th Ave. | Hillsboro, OR 97124 office: 503-213-3199 | cell: 503-809-9406 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Van Winkle <willia...@gmail.com<mailto:willia...@gmail.com>> Date: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:36 PM Subject: Re: CloudStack questions... To: Julio Urquidi <jurqu...@tomsitpro.com<mailto:jurqu...@tomsitpro.com>> Cc: Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com<mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>>, "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>" <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>>, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us<mailto:da...@gnsa.us>>, sebgoa <run...@gmail.com<mailto:run...@gmail.com>> Hello, Team! Thanks to you all for being available and willing to help with my research for this project. I'll open with a small plea of ignorance. I'm not half as informed on IaaS as I should be, which leaves me twice as in need of pointers on background and some patient hand-holding. As such, I'd be most comfortable offering up the topical outline that Julio baked up the other day, then working with whomever you feel would be the best fit for setting the right pieces in play by email. This might be one article, or it might merit breaking up into a series. I guess we'll play that by ear, and I'll take my cue from you guys. But my overall mission is to provide a high-level, comparative overview of CloudStack and OpenStack to general IT workers and decision makers. Your help in guiding this would be incredibly appreciated. That all said, here's the tentative outline: • Intro • IaaS Options o Vendor (RackSpace, Amazon, MS, etc) o Open Source (OpenStack, CloudStack) • Vendor provided OpenStack, CloudStack (ie RedHat, HP) o Advantages of Open Source vs Vendor IaaS o Disadvantages of Open Source vs Vendor IaaS • Features (Comparison starts here) o Architecture • Basics (Hypervisor used, OSes supported, • Complexity (ex. how many techs needed to manage) • Key Modules (I would refer to a vendor and get their input on necessity vs optional modules) • Scalability o Infrastructure needed (hardware/VMs) o Management (cloud tools, UIs, API’s) • Expertise needed (or is convergence a key factor that might simplify management) o Support (big part of pricing) • Deployment Options o Is there a business case for going with a Vendor provided product? • When does using OpenStack make sense? • When does using CloudStack make sense? What makes sense and what doesn't? Please ping me back at your earliest convenience. Thank you! William ----------------------------------------------------------------------- William Van Winkle | williamvanwinkle.com<http://williamvanwinkle.com> 446 NE 60th Ave. | Hillsboro, OR 97124 office: 503-213-3199<tel:503-213-3199> | cell: 503-809-9406<tel:503-809-9406> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Julio Urquidi <jurqu...@tomsitpro.com<mailto:jurqu...@tomsitpro.com>> wrote: Thanks folks. I'll be cc'ing our writer, William Van Winkle as he's currently working on an article about open source IaaS. I'm sure he'll appreciate any help you can give him. William, meet the CloudStack Team! julio Julio Urquidi Senior Editor Tom’s Hardware – http://tomshardware.com Tom's IT Pro - http://tomsitpro.com jurqu...@tomsitpro.com<mailto:jurqu...@tomsitpro.com> Twitter: @tomsitprojulio Mobile: 310 351-3757<tel:310%20351-3757> Tom’s IT Pro | Tom’s Hardware -----Original Message----- From: Giles Sirett [mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com<mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 6:46 AM To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>; Julio Urquidi Cc: David Nalley; sebgoa Subject: RE: CloudStack questions... thanks Joe Hi Julio Either myself, David or Sebastien I'm sure would be able to help you. What have you got in mind ? an interview ? - in which case, I would suggest that you give us an idea of time slots and a summary of what you need to know and we'll get the best person to speak to you Kind Regards Giles D: +44 20 3603 0541<tel:%2B44%2020%203603%200541> | M: +44 796 111 2055<tel:%2B44%20796%20111%202055> giles.sir...@shapeblue.com<mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net<mailto:j...@zonker.net>] > Sent: 14 January 2015 14:38 > To: Julio Urquidi; > marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.org> > Subject: Re: CloudStack questions... > > Hi Julio, > > On 01/13/2015 05:18 PM, Julio Urquidi wrote: > > We're working on a Open Source cloud article and need to reach > > someone involved with CloudStack. Would that be you or can you > > introduce me to someone who we can speak to? > > I'm CC'ing > marketing@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>, as > I'm sure someone on the > marketing list will be able to help you out. My involvement with > CloudStack is a bit limited these days, so I'd prefer to put you in > touch with someone who's doing CloudStack-related work more regularly. > > Hope that helps! 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